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Double gas chamber suicide pod for couples, Dr Death’s latest invention
Right to Life UK ^ | January 27, 2026 | staff

Posted on 01/27/2026 1:30:24 PM PST by Morgana

A pro-assisted suicide campaigner who has been accused of publishing material online that has reportedly been linked to the deaths of over 90 people in the United Kingdom, including the suicides of several teenagers, has invented a suicide gas chamber for couples to end their lives simultaneously.

Dr Philip Nitschke, a former GP nicknamed ‘Dr Death’ who invented the Sarco gas chamber assisted suicide pod, has now invented what has been called the “Double Dutch” gas chamber suicide pod for couples to end their lives by suicide at the same time.

Nitschke said that he received some feedback on the original gas chamber assisted suicide pod, stating, “One of the comments made was: ‘It’s so lonely, I want to be held by someone when I die… when you’re in a capsule, you’re isolated’”. This drove him to create a gas chamber pod for couples.

“If they both want to die, they have to die together, [and] they have to both press the buttons at the same time”, Nitschke said of the new pod.

As with the model intended for use by a single occupant, the device has been designed to be 3D printed. According to Nitschke, “We expect that in a couple of months [the double gas chamber suicide pod will] be ready”.

In 2024, two British pensioners who do not believe they would receive prompt NHS treatment said they were looking to become the first couple to make use of it.

The couple stated their intention to die together because of their infirmity and ‘physical decline’, as well as their lack of confidence in the NHS. One of the individuals, Peter Scott, said, “The chances of getting prompt NHS treatment for the ailments of old age seem pretty remote so you end up trapped by infirmity and pain”.

“Double Dutch” assisted suicide pod to use AI for mental capacity assessments

Nitschke has also said that the new “Double Dutch” gas chamber assisted suicide pod would use AI for its mental capacity assessments, rather than requiring individuals to undergo psychiatric assessments.

Regarding mental capacity assessments, Nitschke said, “Traditionally, that’s done by talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes, and we did that. [The first individual who ended her life in the suicide pod] had a rather traditional assessment of mental capacity through a Dutch psychiatrist”.

“But with the new Double Dutch, we’ll have the software incorporated, so you’ll have to do your little test online with an avatar, and if you pass that test, then the avatar tells you you’ve got mental capacity”, Nitschke added.

Suicide pod creator allegedly linked to over 90 deaths in the UK

Nitschke has been linked to over 90 deaths in the UK by publishing guides on how to end one’s life. He said he published details of a lethal poison, which he described as offering a “cheap” and “reliable” method of achieving a “peaceful death”, in an online suicide “handbook”.

Nitschke also said that he introduced the poison to Kenneth Law, a former chef who then began selling the poison and who has been linked to more than 90 deaths in the UK. Law is currently awaiting trial on 14 charges of first-degree murder and 14 counts of aiding and counselling suicide.

Law allegedly offered a lethal substance and other methods of committing suicide on now-defunct websites called “Imtime Cuisine” and “Escape Mode”. Over 1,200 packages are thought to have been ordered from these websites and delivered to people in 40 countries around the world.

Nitschke reportedly defended the actions of Law, claiming that he was only providing people with the choice of how to end their lives. “We published Ken Law’s contact details in the [online suicide handbook]”, Nitschke said, telling people that “Amazon don’t sell [the poison] anymore, go to Ken Law – and they did”.

Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said “It is incredibly worrying that Philip Nitschke is creating an assisted suicide pod capable of ending two lives at once”.

“This terrible development would leave the door wide open for coercion and pressure to end lives to occur. The proposal to use artificial intelligence to replace mental capacity assessments would be a laughable suggestion if it were not so dangerous”. “If assisted suicide were to be legalised in England and Wales, legal academics have confirmed that the original assisted suicide pods invented by Nitschke will be legal under the assisted suicide Bill with the Health Secretary’s approval. We must never allow the actions of such men to be vindicated, and we must never allow this dangerous Bill to become law”.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: prolife; suicide
Jesus I have my bags packed will you please come get me off this place?
1 posted on 01/27/2026 1:30:24 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Distribute at leftwing protest sites. Tell them this is how they show Trump that he is wrong!


2 posted on 01/27/2026 1:31:19 PM PST by for-q-clinton (RL)
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3 posted on 01/27/2026 1:31:50 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Morgana

I kept looking for proof that this was from The Bee.

(’Double Dutch’?!?!? This guy is insane.)


4 posted on 01/27/2026 1:35:42 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Olog-hai

The Greg Gutfield Show yesterday had a segment on this announcing the 1st couple to sign up ….. Bill and Hilary Clinton.

Where Bill says …. Go ahead and start without me honey… I’ll be right there


5 posted on 01/27/2026 1:47:04 PM PST by jcon40 (Leftists, usually obnoxious with closed minds )
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To: Jamestown1630

I, too think he must be insane. Of course to my knowledge suicide is not Biblical anyway. I realize this makes no difference to some, but it will someday.


6 posted on 01/27/2026 1:49:31 PM PST by oldtech
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To: jcon40

Bill must have had some last minute funny business he wanted to take care of.


7 posted on 01/27/2026 1:50:54 PM PST by oldtech
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To: Morgana

Well... bye...


8 posted on 01/27/2026 2:04:53 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Morgana

Makes me wonder if this here Dr. Philip Nitschke is a distant descendant of philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche?

Nietzsche published an essay in 1882 entitled
“God Is Dead”.

“Gott ist tot! Gott bleibt tot! Und wir haben ihn getotet!”
(God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed Him!)


9 posted on 01/27/2026 2:13:54 PM PST by lee martell
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To: oldtech

Well, I don’t want to argue what’s ‘Biblical’ or not; and it’s above my pay grade to make assumptions as to what God may think of individual situations.

But a lot of people today just need real mental health care, instead of an efficient way to off themselves.


10 posted on 01/27/2026 2:26:05 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: lee martell

Nietzsche was speaking of the state of Western civilization’s attitude toward the concept of God. He wasn’t positing that God Himself was ‘dead’ or arguing that there was no God.


11 posted on 01/27/2026 2:29:50 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana

Just bring a gun to a peaceful protest


12 posted on 01/27/2026 2:33:30 PM PST by al baby (I miss that ol windbag )
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To: Morgana

Just step into the pod.


13 posted on 01/27/2026 2:44:09 PM PST by xone ( )
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To: Morgana

Now you can leave with your best friend (not me!).


14 posted on 01/27/2026 2:55:18 PM PST by samiam5
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To: al baby

🤣👍


15 posted on 01/27/2026 3:09:13 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: samiam5

Coming soon…..
Family sized model!

Yes, the World’s going insane.


16 posted on 01/27/2026 3:11:58 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: Morgana

Or...2 oxygen masks, a nitrogen tank, and your own bed.


17 posted on 01/27/2026 5:45:29 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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